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Last Week on My Mac: When the Internet caught fire

Last week, most of the servers around the world were found to have a serious vulnerability which is trivial to exploit. Even iCloud was affected. How does it affect you?

December 12, 2021 Macs, Technology

News travels faster than thought

Communication by telegraph and telephone leave no time for reflection or consultation and demand an immediate and often hasty decision (1917).

September 28, 2019 General, Life, Macs, Technology

WordPress.com -> Twitter sharing has broken (updated)

Overnight, since 16 September 2017, the Sharing feature in WordPress.com blogs appears to have become broken. Previously, tweets […]

September 17, 2017 General, Life, Macs, Technology

Forgetting Facebook and annulling notifications

Which do you prefer: Facebook or Twitter? For me the choice was simple, and Facebook’s response has only reinforced my decision.

May 11, 2017 General, Life, Macs, Technology

The unwitting irony of “scientific fact”

When someone asserts that something is scientific fact, they could unwittingly be lapsing into irony: it warns of imminent non-science.

June 9, 2016 General, Language, Life, Technology

Six stand against the UK’s Investigatory Powers Bill

Apple, Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Twitter, and Yahoo together have a lot of clout. More than the UK government?

March 25, 2016 General, Macs, Technology

Apple Support in 140 characters

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The brave boys and girls who run Apple support are now on Twitter – and answering questions every 20 seconds or so.

March 6, 2016 Macs, Technology

If Twitter still seems all @#. to you…

Don’t be daunted by Twitter’s strange conventions: here is a guide for beginners and experts alike to its many features.

February 27, 2016 General, Macs, Technology

Is brevity the soul of the abrupt, rude, and offensive?

Is Twitter’s 140 character limit the case of so much rudeness and offensive behaviour? Ask Richard Dawkins.

January 31, 2016 General, Language, Life, Macs, Technology

Privacy should be determined by the point of delivery

Services should comply with data protection law at the point of delivery, not where they choose.

August 25, 2015 General, Life, Macs, Technology

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